Counsellor profile
Trudie Johnston, BACP, NCPS
United Kingdom
Counsellor - relationships and grief
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- Credentials
- BACP, NCPS
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 381995; NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS18-05939
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based work
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness and somatic
About Trudie
Trudie Johnston is a counsellor registered in the UK with six years' practice working with adults. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and other life changes. Her biography notes additional focus on areas such as codependency, abandonment and chronic illness.
Trudie began supporting people as a bereavement volunteer, which led her to train as a counsellor. Her first training was in person-centred counselling. She later added study in attachment approaches, cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic concepts. She combines these perspectives to respond to what each person brings.
Sessions are straightforward and conversational. Trudie aims to help people talk through what is happening, understand relational patterns, and find practical ways to cope with strong feelings. She uses mindfulness and somatic ideas alongside cognitive techniques when helpful.
She works with adults over 18 and draws on experience from both private practice and clinical settings. That background included supporting people through bereavement and long-term health concerns.
Trudie understands how hard it can be to make an initial call or booking, partly because she has been in counselling herself. She invites people to take the first step when they feel ready and explains the usual process for getting started.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online sessions
Trudie often blends attachment-based work, client-centred practice and CBT in sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice ways they repeat those patterns in close relationships. Client-centred practice focuses on listening and reflecting so people can make sense of their feelings and choices. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps identify thought patterns that increase anxiety or low mood and introduces practical experiments to try different responses.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Trudie discusses goals, preferences and responses to different methods with each person, and adapts the way she works as those needs become clearer. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed prescription.
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online appointments can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow a shorter check-in when needed, or reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to help people keep therapy within everyday life while they explore relationships, codependency patterns, grief, anxiety and other concerns.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and related issues such as codependency and chronic illness.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is conversational and person-centred, drawing on attachment ideas, CBT and somatic and mindfulness practices to help people understand patterns and cope with strong emotions.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years' experience working as a counsellor in both private practice and clinical settings, and earlier experience as a bereavement support volunteer.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered as a counsellor in the UK and holds BACP and NCPS credentials.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.